quiz 8 Flashcards
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complete ring, sits on top of tracheal rings
cricoid
stretched inside of thyroid, in front of arytenoid
vocal folds
because the hyoid bone is not part of the larynx but sits on top of the thyroid it is called this
HyoLaryngeal Complex
Parts of the cricoid
arch, lamina, posterior ridge, crico-arytenoid facet, crico-thyroid facet
angles joints on top of lamina
crico-arytenoid facet
set into lamina side
crico-thryroid facet
2 lamina on each side, angle varies
Thyroid cartilage
angle of males thyroid
70-90
angle of females thyroid
120
other name for adam’s apple
Laryngeal Prominence
palpated with ring finger, vocal folds sit inferior to this, anterior where lamina meet
thyroid notch
top points of the thyroid
superior horns (cornua)
superior horns attach to the
hyoid bone
lowest points of the thyroid
inferior horns (cornua)
ridge on the posterior side of the lamina
oblique line
the facets of the inferior horns articulate with
the cricothryoid facet, cricoid
this allows the cricoid and thyroid to rock towards each other
crico-thyroid facet
when the cricoid and thyroid rock together the vocal folds are: ____ and pitchs gets: _____
stretched and higher
little pyramids perched on cricoid
arytenoid
hangs over the front of the cricoid, vocal folds attach here
vocal process
hangs over the back of the cricoid
muscular process
top tip of the arytenoid
apex
joint on the arytenoid
crico-arytenoid facet
T or F: the crico-arytenoid facet only slides or rocks. It does not twist
T